The basic premise of Rabbi Zimmerman’s new book, Torah & Rationalism: Understanding Torah and the Mesorah, is that halacha and Gemara are built on a precise logical system akin to the systems of ...

Rabbi Jabez was able to understand the challenge of his day on the basis of a Torah passage that had, seemingly, nothing to do with his struggle. Yet, this is what the Torah does.

But when we don’t understand something, or don’t agree with something, we need to remember that it doesn’t give us license to not follow halacha or to not keep the Torah.

In the Torah portion Yitro we received the 10 commandments. In the Torah portion we read this week, Mispatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18), God gives us 53 more commandments (FYI, we as Jews have 613 ...

Rav Kook spoke at length about fear of Heaven and did not spare criticism of the mistakes in the meaning of the concept.

This week marks the debut of “The Torah: A Women’s Commentary,” which brings together the scholarship and insights of women from all segments of the Jewish community and from around the world.

One might think that there's nothing we understand better in the world than ourselves--after all, we spend every waking minute with ourselves. But is this self-understanding really the case?